Written for young readers, ‘Imbokodo’ celebrates well-known and lesser-known figures who helped shape SA
in South Africa. As we know, black women’s struggle is against racism, class and gender oppression. The importance of the term lies in demonstrating that the strength of women comes in their collective and collaborative efforts. This is why we chose this word for our series. We see in these books how women worked with each other in building and shaping the society we now find ourselves in.
in which thousands of women marched on Pretoria in protest against the apartheid state and its we felt it was important to feature stories of women who came before 1956. Without some of the work done in the early 1900s to build the women’s movement it is impossible to fully appreciate what happens in the 1950s. Evoking this symbol of imbokodo allows us to see our current struggles in relation to the past.Our history and development is told from men’s perspective.
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